Japanese Bureaucrats Reprimanded for Wikipedia Editing

sufijazz writes "Six bureaucrats in the Japanese agricultural ministry have been reprimanded for working on the job ... for Wikipedia. The six officials were publicly chastised for editing hundreds of Wikipedia entries during work hours. These included over 250 entries about robots in anime. '"The agriculture ministry is not in charge of Gundam," said a ministry official, Tsutomu Shimomura ... The ministry's internal inquiry followed recent media allegations that a growing number of Japanese public servants were contributing to the internet encyclopaedia, which anyone can edit, often to reflect their personal views. The ministry verbally reprimanded each of the six officials, and slapped a ministry-wide order to prohibit access to Wikipedia at work, while disabling access to the site from the ministry, Mr Shimomura said. '"

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People have been goofing off at work for

[Tablizer]

...millions of years[1]. This is not new. If you plug up one outlet, they'll just find another.

[1] Thog, you to kill it, not fuck it. Eat first, fun later [Bonk!]

Re:People have been goofing off at work for

[speilberg0]

This is not new. If you plug up one outlet, they'll just find another.

[citation needed]

So which ministry is in charge of Gundam then?

[gmezero]

Eh?

Wrong Ministry

[SEWilco]

OK, so the Agriculture Ministry is not in charge of Gundam. Which Ministry is in charge of Gundam?

Re:Censorship

[flyingsquid]

Don't you see what is really going on here? The Japanese government is trying to stop leaks from the ministry about their top secret military research. This includes their top-secret giant robot research, and their genetic laboratory's efforts to create a race of super-soldiers with spiky blonde hair!

New meme's abrewin'?

[mecenday]

I purpose "[Blank] is not in charge of Gundam," be the 10 year anniversary slashdot meme...

Slashdot, for instance, is certainly *not* in charge of Gundam.